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Regal bags hedge fund award

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... than 14 per cent per year on average, net of fees, in the past five years. The fund previously won the Best Australian Hedge Fund at the same award's ceremony in 2008.

Man Group buys $27bn alternatives manager

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
... operations team for both firms, said Man Group in a statement. According to Reuters, the deal creates the second largest hedge fund firm in the world behind J.P. Morgan. GLG and Man's quantitative investment styles have a low correlation, which provides ...

GESB hires two investment strategists

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
... of the Absolute Return Unit. Prior to his appointment at GESB, Schultz helped establish and manage a multi-strategy hedge fund in South Africa while at Coronation and was the chief strategist and founder member of Capital Alliance Asset Managers, also ...

Global hedge fund market shows signs of life

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
Hedge fund start-ups are attracting money from large institutional investors after the global financial crisis pushed many small to mid-tier hedge funds out of the market. Ben Funk, managing director and head of research at Liongate Capital Management ...

Mercer appoints CIO in UK

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
... for alternative alpha strategies, based in the UK. Muysken rejoins Mercer after spending the last three years in the hedge fund industry. He spent the early part of his career in the Asia/Pacific region as a senior actuarial advisor in the Australian ...

Euro downs Supermodel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
Europhobe. Dictionary.com defines this as "a person who dislikes Europe, its culture, and Europeans," to which we may now add, the euro. Yes Virginia, it seems most of us are turning Europhobes now. Greece gave euros a bad smell and now financial markets ...

Tasplan invests $21m in hedge fund strategies

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... Wholesale DELTA fund was launched in September last year. The fund provides access to a diversified portfolio of core hedge fund strategies. Standard & Poor's rated the fund 'four stars' while Zenith Investment Partners gave the fund a 'recommended' ...

Aurora wins $190m Optimix mandate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... institutions also drawn to the fund's strategy. In separate news, Aurora announced last week it intends to merge with hedge fund Fortitude Capital, subject to a successful IPO. If the merger proceeds, the new business will have $570 million in funds ...

Credit Suisse to focus on alternatives and EM

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
Credit Suisse Investments Australia (Credit Suisse) will focus on alternative investments and emerging markets after it sold the bulk of its fund offerings - credit and property portfolios worth $1.8 billion - to fund manager Challenger. While Credit ...

Hermes appoints ex-Fortis chief

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
Hermes Fund Managers has appointed former Fortis Investments chief executive, Ian Manton-Hall, as director, Hermes Fund Managers Australia. Manton-Hall joins Hermes from Fortis Investments (previously ABN Asset Management), where he was CEO, Australia. ...